Associations to the word «Frequentative»

FREQUENTATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action.

FREQUENTATIVE, noun. (grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a repeated action, no longer productive in English, but found in e.g. Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish.

FREQUENTATIVE ASPECT, noun. (grammar) A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack."

FREQUENTATIVE, noun. A verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action.